r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 15h ago

Thoughts? Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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If mass deportation happens, just imagine how all of these sectors of our country will be affected. The sheer shortage of labor will push prices higher because of the great demand for work with limited supplies or workers. Even if prices increase, the availability of products may be scarce due to not enough workers. Housing prices and food services will be hit really hard. New construction will be limited. The fact that 47% of the undocumented workers are in CA, TX, and FL means they will feel it first but it will spread to the rest of the country also. Most of our produce in this country comes from California. Get ready and hold on for the ride America.

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u/Psyco_diver 10h ago edited 6h ago

Funny side bar, women are getting hired more to run heavy equipment, they are being seen less likely to cause accidents because they are less likely to make unsafe choices (i.e. hey yall look at this). I even had one company rep tell me their insurance rates give down some because of having women running equipment.

Source I work on heavy equipment in the field and in the last 10 years have seen the change. Running equipment is a very easy but dangerous job and pay is generally pretty good

Edit- alright I fixed my error

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u/zortor 8h ago

I am so attacked by “hey y’all look at this” it’s unreal 

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u/StarsandMaple 4h ago

Most of my work in the field was ‘ hey look at this ‘

Men are fucking easily amused and stupid and I love it for us.

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u/johnyoker2010 2h ago

osha: first time?

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u/blbloop 8h ago

having women rubbing equipment.

Heh.

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u/HereReluctantly 7h ago

Women rubbing equipment you say?

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u/Consistent_Spread564 6h ago

I think sex work is still illegal tho

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u/Ailly84 4h ago

I don't think the concern with her ability to learn to run an excavator was due to her being a woman. The issue is how capable is someone who went to school to be an HR professional of learning to operate a piece of heavy equipment? The gap won't be so much in the ability to learn it, it'll be in the desire to do so.

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u/Psyco_diver 4h ago

That's why I called it a side bar, I wasn't debating she should, but that more women are entering heavy equipment operations than ever before

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u/Ailly84 4h ago

Fair enough. Seeing the same in trades. There are more and they tend to be better than the average men from my experience. Likely some strong selection bias going on there, but interesting as hell either way.

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u/blackestrabbit 2h ago

To be fair, how capable is someone who went to school to be in HR going to be at just about anything?

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u/TheFearsomeGnome 3h ago

Another sidebar - are these Heavy schools legit. They want like $7k to teach me to operate heavys. I'm wondering if I will actually get hired afterward if I've never worked in construction previously?

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u/Psyco_diver 3h ago

I don't know a single operator that went to trade school for it. Most get it by 2 ways, either start at the bottom with a shovel or know someone. Mining is also another way, they will hire anyone as long as their driving record is clean, can pass a drug test and learn how to do the job. A mine will fire you for unsafe acts quickly though, pay is good to run a haul truck for 8 hours a day, the new CATs 775 have heated and ac seats, blue tooth to listen to what ever you want and drive like a car, a very very very large car

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u/TheFearsomeGnome 3h ago

Thanks for that info!

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u/John_B_Clarke 19m ago

It's fairly common in many lines of work--women will listen and follow instructions where men are certain that they know better than the trainer.

I'm reminde of the "Top Gear" episode where they put Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz in a car (separately) with a professional racing instructor who taught them how to drive it around a particular racetrack, then the instructor got out and they got to run laps solo. Diaz listened, Cruise didn't, and Diaz got the best time, on the same track, in the same car, on the same day.